The government continues to stockpile ammo with the recent solicitation by the Dept. of Justice for 95,000 rounds of 9mm hollow-point bullets. DHS just this month solicited for 62 million more rounds of AR-15 ammo. This is on top of the infamous purchase of 1.6 million rounds they have already purchased.
Around 74 non-security related federal agencies, like the USDA and the Railroad Retirement Board, have been militarized with their own SWAT – giving Obama his own private army. All the while local law enforcement across the country have been militarized to the teeth and continues to receive military hardware from the DOD.
The current solicitation, posted at FBO.gov, is for the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Prisons. In addition to the specified 95,000 rounds of “9 mm Lugar Jacketed Hollow Point 115 Grain” bullets, it also seeks 46,000 rounds of .223 caliber 55 grain full metal jacket bullets and 4,750 rounds of 12 gauge shotgun shells.
The deal will be completed through a “reverse auction” in which prospective sellers will submit lower and lower bids for supplies that meet the government’s demands.
The government warns: “Offers may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process.”
Also, no remanufactured or “gray market” materials are acceptable.
The hollow tip allows the bullet to expand on impact, causing the most collateral damage possible. The kinetic energy is applied directly to the target, as the bullets often stay inside the target and maximize “stopping power.”
See the different between a 9 mm bullet striking a melon and a hollow point of the same size:
WND has reported the federal government’s ammunition purchases have attracted considerable attention, including from members of Congress such as Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan.
The rise in purchases comes amid attempts to curb consumers’ access to certain weapons and ammunition.
For example, lawmakers in Washington took to task the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Operation Choke Point, a federal plan that lets banks deny legal gun dealers access to banking.
Critics of the program charged it was an underhanded way of infringing the Second Amendment without having to go through Congress.
Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., called it “the greatest government overreach that no one is talking about.”
He’s among several on the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations emanding answers from FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg, the Daily Signal reported.
WND also reported when the federal government announced a ban, through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, on ammunition used in AR-15 rifles, among the most common firearms in the nation.
They are stock piling them to give to Isis here in America. So we can lose more of our freedoms.
2 yrs ago I talked to a friend that was driving an 18 wheeler, he drove for the Military driving a Refrigerated Trailer and he got a message on the satcom in the truck telling him to pick up another trailer when he got back to Birmingham. When he did he found the trailer, and hooked up to it, then went around the truck and trailer doing a Pre Trip Inspection, he noticed the tires were different and checked closly and saw they were bullet proof tires and the back doors on the refrigerated trailer were heavy steel and had 5 Hi-Security locks on it. He started pulling out when 2 black Mercedes Benz SUV’s met him at the Gate. And told him they will be in front of and behind him. He also had to fuel up before he went to the facility. He said there was no fuel in the tank that held fuel for the refrigeration unit and when he rolled over the Scales he was 18K over weight, and had no idea what he was hauling. After a couple weeks a guard at the Pensacola Navy yard told him what he was hauling! “Ammo 40k lbs +” so thats 98k lbs total weight and over weight almost a ton! and they Bill of Ladings were marked HOS ! I dont know why they need so much ammo. ARE THEY GOING TO USE IT ON bad guys or …….
They are for use on American Citizens, when the dollar falls again, and they start taking everything that is ours. they also bought 30 million body bags
The problem they have here is, they don’t have enough people available to use them.
IMO, they are trying to limit supplies and raise the price of ammo. But again, they do so in vain, most of us already have a lifetime’s supply!
We’re just gonna take em……
And our tax dollars are funding them
These kill
#WakeUpAmerica! All part of the plan. Stock up and conserve.
No prob cos I got pleeeeeenty of 762×39s and 223s n 12ga n 45s for war
Should be illegal for the government to hoard ammo …rise up.America. .